“We believe in the group and we keep fighting and today this [win] is for the fans that came to every game,” he told SBS TV .

“Unfortunately we can’t give to them what they [the fans] deserve, so today the victory is for them.

“It’s difficult to find the answer to why we are in this position now,” he added.

“But we show today we can win [against] every team.”

The Argentine playmaker put in an excellent shift in a side that was full of energy and desire, following what he conceded had been a difficult week after being left out of the club’s Asian Champions League squad.

It was a surprise to some though the Argentine club hero was philosophical about the decision.

“I didn’t expect to be outside of the Asian Champions League – this is something we’ve been working on for a couple of years. But this is football. I need to accept that.

“He [the manager] said he preferred one player who wasn’t with us, he was in the plane [on his way to Australia].

“I don’t have to agree but I have to accept [the decision].”

The Reds next face Gamba Osaka in the Champions League on Wednesday night at Coopers before a Saturday night showdown with Victory in Melbourne.